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  2. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Competitors in Great Form.

    Richard Arnst, the New Zealander, and Ernest Barry, the Thames champion, will meet to-morrow on the Zambesi River for the sculling championship of the world. ...

    Article : 75 words
  3. SHIPPING DISASTERS. Collision Off Gibraltar.

    The Strait of Gibraltar has been the scene of a disastrous shipping collision. It occurred 38 miles westward of the Spanish port of Tarifa, and was due to a heavy ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. EXHIBITION FIRE. Antique Collections Destroyed.

    Interesting particulars are now published of the losses sustained by the disastrous fire at the Brussels International Exhibition. ...

    Article : 204 words
  5. INDIAN SEDITION.

    At the end of 1908 the Indian Government deported amongst a number of others suspected of seditious sympathies Krishna Kumar Mitra, who was editor of the ...

    Article : 409 words
  6. THE LAND TAX. MR. FISHER'S FIGURES.

    In Mr. Fisher's speech on the Land Tax Assessment Bill, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the following passage occurs:— ...

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  7. HEREDITY IN MONEYMAKING.

    The experiences of the family of Mr. Darius Miller, a millionaire, of Bridgeport, Connectictu, indicate that the money-making factulty is largely an inherited gift. ...

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  8. CHAIR OF AGRICULTURE. EXPERT COMMITTEE APPOINTED.

    Representatives of the council of the Melbourne University, the vice-chancellor (Dr. Macfarland), Professors Baldwin Speneer, and Osborne, and Mr. Frank Tate (director ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    The President of the Senate (Senator Turley) and the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. M'Donald) entertained the members of the Federal Parliament at ...

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  10. CHAMPIONS' RECORDS.

    Richard Arnst, of New Zealand, championnist, sculler of the world, will defend his title in a match on the Zambesi River, in Africa, to-day, against Frnest Barry, the champion ...

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  11. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL BANKER'S MAGNIFICENT GIFT.

    Sir Ernest Cassel, the Anglo-German banker who enjoyed the friendship of the late King, has decided to establish, at a cost of £200,000, an Anglo-German ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) has been consulted by the municipal authorities of Melbourne on the application of the Federal land tax proposals ...

    Article : 296 words
  13. DOOKIE AND LONGERENONG.

    The summer sessions at the Dookie and Longerenong colleges commence on September 6. Applications from intending students should be made early to the secretary of ...

    Article : 39 words
  14. Steamer on the Rocks.

    The Germnn East Africa Company's steamer Khedive, 5,106 tons gross register, has gone ashore on the rocks at Cape Morgan, on the south-cast coast of Cape Colony. ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. AUSTRALIA'S CAPITAL.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. Wade) stated to-night that he had received from the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) a communication the effect of which ...

    Article : 369 words
  16. Estimated Loss £2,000,000.

    The British Government has suggested to Belgium that a joint board of experts apportion the responsibility for the loss. It is possible that the Belgian Government is ...

    Article : 54 words
  17. "THE ARGUS" FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  18. MEETING IN OPPOSITION.

    A meeting in opposition to the Federal Land Tax Bill was held at the Employers' Federation rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. E. E.keep,who pirsidce,gave a ...

    Article : 707 words
  19. Bungled Fire-fighting.

    Most inadequate provision appears to have been made for coping with a possible outbreak. The "Journal de Bruxelles" justifies the complaints which it publishes in its ...

    Article : 647 words
  20. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

    The outcome of the suggestion made in army nnd other circles that Miss Florence Nightingale should be granted the honour of burial in Westminster Abbey, was that ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. CANADA AND GERMANY.

    The removal of the special surtax which Canada placed on German goods imported into the Dominion has been justified, from the Canadian standpoint. Since the ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. FLOODS IN JAPAN.

    The extraordinarily disastrous character of the floods from which several portions of Japan have suffered during the last week is shown bythe official report prepared ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. FACTORIES' LEGISLATION.

    The report for 1900 of the chief inspector of factories was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon. The report ...

    Article : 528 words
  24. PRESIDENT OF CHILI.

    The death of Don Pedro Montt, President of Chili, is reported from Bremen. The President was a passenger from New York by the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der ...

    Article : 111 words
  25. MR. ROOSEVELT.

    Mr. Roosevelt, who has taken an active part in politics since his return to the United States, has received a rebuff at the hands of the Republicans of New York. ...

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  26. CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.

    The Patriarch of the Orthodox Greek Church at Constantinople has convoked a national assembly to discuss the position of the church in the Turkish empire. ...

    Article : 114 words
  27. RAVAGES OF CHOLERA.

    The dreadful prevalence of cholera in Russia is indicated by the fact that from the beginning of the outbreak, a few weeks ago, to August 8, 81,000 cases were ...

    Article : 128 words
  28. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    William Benson, of Couangalt, farmer, who died on April 22, left, by a will dated September 3, 19[?]7, real estate of the value of £2,651 to his children. ...

    Article : 212 words
  29. CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

    The French aviator, M. Le Blane, flying in an aeroplane from Douai to Amiens, about 50 [?]iles, outstripped carrier pigeons which were liberated at the same moment ...

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  30. PARK SCENES AND GAMBLING. POLICE COMMISSIONER CRITICISED.

    Mr. W. H. Judkins has written a letter to the Stale Premier, repeating in full his statements at the Wesley Church on Sunday afternoon, that he had on the, ...

    Article : 228 words
  31. LABOUR DISCIPLINE. MR. HANNAH'S POSITION.

    At the meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour party held at State Parliamenthouse yeterday, the position of Mr. Hannah, M.L.A., was brought under Die notice of ...

    Article : 165 words
  32. FIGHT ABANDONED.

    The fight arranged to take place in New York to-day between Bill Lang, of Australia, and Al Kaufmann was called off. A notice was served on the promoters and ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. SIR HENRY WRIXON.

    A tribute to the value of the public work of Sir Henry Wrixon, formerly President of the Legislative Council, was accorded by the members of the Legislative Council ...

    Article : 301 words
  34. DEMENTED SON.

    James Hamilton Nicholas, aged 26, who has returned lately from New Zealand, where he had been on a sheep farm, was charged at the police court at Kinsand, ...

    Article : 170 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The "Standard" publishes a paragraph to day confirming the recent statement that a huge copper-producing trust is on the eve of formation in the United States. It ...

    Article : 249 words
  36. THE SMALL HOLDER.

    "It is clear that the State, if it will claim the benefit of all increase in the value of lands, resulting from the growth of demand due to the general causes affecting the in ...

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  37. THE HAZARD SCHOOL.

    Sir,—In the article in The Argus" to-day you say when your previous comments upon this school appeared, "The constables were all unanimous in then loyalty to their chief. ...

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  38. CAMDEN-ROAD MURDER.

    Hawley Crippen, the American dentist, who is under arrest at Quebee in connection with the murder of his wife in London last February; and his typist, Miss Leneve, have ...

    Article : 94 words
  39. RIVAL TRAM SERVICES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In reference to the statement made at the meeting of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, that the speed of the Melbourne cable ...

    Article : 181 words
  40. EXECUTIVE SUPPORTED.

    At the meeting of the Coburg branch of the Political Labour Council on Monday evening, the circular letter from the central executive with reference to Labour ...

    Article : 91 words
  41. TRADE DISPUTES. SHIPBUILDERS ON THE CLYDE.

    Consequent upon the action of several caulkers and drillers at Govan, on the Clyde, in provoking a dispute in the shipbuilding trade, a conference of the Shipping ...

    Article : 127 words
  42. WIRELESS MESSAGE FROM SEA. RUNIC DUE TO-DAY.

    Another illustration of the advantages of "wireless" was afforded yesterday, when the Royal Mail P. and O. liner Morea, which is lying in Sydney, received a message from the ...

    Article : 197 words
  43. STREET GAMBLING.

    Sir,—If the Premier wants oracular proof of the truth of Mr. Judkins's statement that street bookmaking is as rampant as ever, let him take a walk along ...

    Article : 223 words
  44. FROM PITHEAD TO PULPIT.

    There was a brisk interchange, lasting for a few moments, in the County Court yesterday, where a slander action, in which a clergyman and his wife are the defendants, ...

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  45. MURDER CHARGE REDUCED.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—In the City Court to-day, Edward Nixon and Henry Stark, two blucjackets from H.M.S. Prometheus, were charged on remand with the ...

    Article : 121 words
  46. POINTSMAN'S ERROR.

    An inquiry into the cause of the disastrous collision which occurred at Saujon, near Bordeaux, on Sunday, between a passenger and a goods train, showed that the ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. LAW NOTICES.—(This Day.)

    At Half-past 10.—Geelong Harbour Commissioners v. Maritime Insurance Company (part heard). Criminal Court. ...

    Article : 161 words
  48. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Silver.—To-doy's quotation, 24 9-16d.; full, 1-16d. ...

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  49. MINERS' WAGES.

    The application by the workmen in the South Wales and Monmouthshire coal trade for an increase of 2½ per cent in wages has been referred by the Coal Conciliation ...

    Article : 53 words
  50. WHAT IS FEDERAL TERRITORY?

    BENDIGO, Wednesday.—In a debt case at the City Court to-day Mr. J. Barnett, who appeared for the defendant, now employed at the General Post-office, ...

    Article : 146 words
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    Advertising : 290 words
  52. MINING SHARES.

    The lowest and highest prices on the Stock Exchange yesterday for the slocks mentioned wera as follows, and the middle prices may be computed from the ...

    Article : 48 words
  53. TORTURED CHILD'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thomas Butler and Margaret Butler, who were at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday convicted of the manslaughter of their infant son, who ...

    Article : 162 words
  54. ACROSS 1,100 MILES.

    PERTH, Wednesday.—During the run to Fremantle the Orient liner Otranto exchanged Marconi messages with the White Star liner Runie, at a distance of 1,100 ...

    Article : 51 words
  55. ITALIAN VINTAGE.

    The Italian vintage has been retarded by unfavourable weather. The yeild is estimated at 27,000,000 hectolitres of wine, compared with 41,000,000 hectolitres last year. ...

    Article : 33 words
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  57. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Copper.—Tuesday's closing quotations were £56/3/9 to £56/8/9, or an advance of 8/9 since the previous day; three months £56/17/6 to £57/2/6, or an advance of ...

    Article : 62 words
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